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This article explores the relationship between the ways (mainly) outsiders characterized Newfoundlanders’ nutritional health and the bearing those characterizations had on Newfoundland’s constitutional destiny in the lead up to Confederation in 1949. Through the first half of the 20th century, Newfoundlanders’ nutritional health was the subject of numerous scholarly inquiries. Many of these inquiries concluded that Newfoundlanders themselves were often the authors of their own poor nutritional health. Not surprisingly, this conclusion proved deeply offensive to many Newfoundlanders – so much so that by mid-century the issue of nutrition emerged as no small factor in Newfoundland’s Confederation debates."Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the author(s), with Acadiensis being granted a non-exclusive licence to each and every right in the work throughout the world. After publication of the work, the author(s) shall have the right to self-archive the work and to reprint the work in whole or in part in books authored by or edited by the author(s) without the payment of any fee. In these other formats, however, the author or authors are required to acknowledge the original publication of the work in the pages of the journal. In the case of any requests to reprint the work, Acadiensis will require a standard permission fee -- to be divided equally between the journal and the author. In the event that such requests are received by the author(s), the author(s) shall direct such requests to the journal.